Alice Petry Gast (born May 25, 1958) is the 13th President of Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. She is Lehigh's first female president. Born in Houston, Texas, Gast graduated as valedictorian from the University of Southern California in 1980 with a B.Sc. in chemical engineering. She completed her postgraduate work at Princeton University, receiving a M.A. (1981) and Ph.D. (1984) in chemical engineering. From 1985 to 2001 she taught at Stanford University, … Wikipedia
MITs Alice Gast named Lehigh president Alice P. Gast, vice president for research and associate provost at MIT, takes the reins at Lehigh on Aug. 1. www3.lehigh.edu/News/news_story.asp?iNewsID=1769
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